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supply sth
The company supplies office equipment.
这家公司供应办公设备。
提供；供给；配备
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提供；供给；配备
To provide something, or to furnish someone or something with what is needed.
The company supplies office equipment.
这家公司供应办公设备。
提供(某物),使可供使用。
To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
提供；配备。
To furnish or equip with.
填满；保持满。
To fill up, or keep full.
弥补；补充不足。
To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
supply
Base
原形
supplies
3rd person
第三人称单数
supplying
-ing
现在分词
supplied
Past
过去式
supplied
Past participle
过去分词
She supplies the team with equipment.
她为团队提供设备。
They supplied food to the refugees.
他们向难民提供了食物。
The company is supplying new products.
该公司正在供应新产品。
规则动词，过去式/过去分词加-ed，第三人称单数加-s，现在分词加-ing。
The local farm supplies fresh vegetables to the supermarket every morning.
当地农场每天早上向超市供应新鲜蔬菜。
Could you supply me with a pen? I forgot mine.
你能给我一支笔吗？我忘带了。
The trucks supplied the mountain village with food last winter.
去年冬天，卡车向山村供应了食物。
The company supplies office equipment.
这家公司供应办公设备。
sb 是间接宾语，sth 是直接宾语，用 with 连接。
They supplied us with food and water.
他们给我们提供了食物和水。
被动语态中常用此结构，强调供应物到达的对象。
Electricity is supplied to every house.
电力供应到每家每户。
Not this
The government supplied the victims food.
Use this
The government supplied the victims with food.
动词"supply"在接被供应的人或组织时，必须用"supply someone with something"结构，不能直接接双宾语。中文"提供某人某物"常直接双宾语，但英语需加介词"with"。
Not this
The river supplies to the city.
Use this
The river supplies the city with water.
"supply"作为动词时通常是及物动词，必须接直接宾语（被供应的物品），不能单独使用"supply to"结构。汉语中"供应给"可以省略物品，但英语必须明确被供应的东西。
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向某人提供某物
The organization supplied the refugees with clean water.
该组织向难民提供了清洁饮用水。
向某人供应某物
The local farm supplies fresh vegetables to the city's restaurants.
当地农场向这座城市的多家餐馆供应新鲜蔬菜。
满足需求
The new warehouse will help supply the need for more storage space.
新仓库将有助于满足对更多存储空间的需求。
供应电力
These wind turbines supply power to thousands of homes.
这些风力涡轮机为数千户家庭供应电力。
向市场供货
The company supplied the market with affordable smartphones.
这家公司向市场供应价格实惠的智能手机。
提供信息
The website supplies information about local events.
该网站提供有关当地活动的信息。
短缺；供应不足
Fresh water is in short supply in the desert.
沙漠里淡水供应不足。
供求关系；供需
The price of oil is determined by supply and demand.
石油价格由供求关系决定。
代替；替代
Nothing can supply the place of a good education.
良好的教育是无可替代的。
Use supply naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 supply 記成「上補」的音：缺什麼就「補上」→ 提供、供給。例如 supply food「供應食物」。
语域：neutral 常见场景：business、everyday requests、formal writing supply 作动词表示“提供、供给”时属于中性常用词，在商务、日常交流与正式书面语中都比较常见；常用搭配如 supply sb with sth 或 supply sth to sb，整体不限于特定正式或非正式场合。
及物动词，常用结构：supply sb. with sth. 或 supply sth. to sb.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.